Bed rail for box spring



April 1966 E. A. KENDRICK, JR 3,243,826

BED RAIL FOR BOX SPRING 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 6, 1963 FIG. 4.

EDWARD A. KENDRICK, JR.

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY April 1966 E. A. KENDRICK, JR 3,243,826

BED RAIL FOR BOX SPRING 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 6, 1963 FIG. 7.

FIG. 8.

EDWARD A. KENDRICK, JR.

United States Patent 3,243,826 BED RAIL FUR BDX SPRING Edward A. Kendrick, Jr., 436 Crestwood Terrace, Hurst, Tex. Fiied Sept. 6, 1963, Ser. No. 307,088 1 Claim. (Cl. 286) This invention relates to bed rails and has reference to improvements in brackets for locating and supporting box springs thereon.

Although beds and box springs are made in standard widths, these widths frequently vary as much as several inches. Wooden slats have been used to support box springs between rails and frequently the slats had to be cut to size. Such cutting or sawing of slats was time consuming and not always satisfactory. Another solution to the problem of supporting box springs on bed rails has been the addition of inwardly projecting brackets but these were objectionable because they placed torque loads on the rails and did not always locate the springs against lateral displacement.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bed rail including laterally adjustable brackets whereby a box spring may be conveniently located thereon and whereby the sides of the spring extend outwardly of the rails for strength and safety.

An additional object, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, includes locating brackets which are quickly adjusted to the sides of the springs by a sliding action along the rails on which they are mounted.

These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a bed rail and showing a slidable bracket in accordance with the invention mounted thereon.

FIGURE 2 is a reduced scale plan view of a headboard and footboard connected by rails in accordance with the invention. The outline of a box spring is shown by means of dotted lines.

FIGURE 3 is a transverse section of a rail such as shown in FIGURE 1 and showing a bracket in accordance with the invention mounted thereon.

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 3 but shows a rail of square tubing instead of round tubing.

FIGURE 5 is a reduced scale fragmentary elevational view showing a bracket in accordance with the invention mounted on the square tubing.

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

FIGURE 7 is an end elevational view of a box spring and showing the application of the modified form of the invention for locating the box spring against lateral displacement. The rails are shown in section.

FIGURE 8 is an enlarged plan view of one of the locators in accordance with the modified form of the invention.

Referring now to FIGURES 1 through 3, there is a bed 10 having a headboard 11, a footboard 12 and a box spring 13 in accordance with conventional practice. Tubular rails 14 connect the headboard 11 and footboard 12 by means of hooked fittings 15 in the usual manner, but the end portions 16 of the rails are angularly formed so that the box spring 13 always extends outwardly and over the parallel sides of the rails. On each angular portion 16 there is a slidable bracket 17, preferably formed of sheet material. Each bracket 17 includes a transverse body portion 18, a vertical side portion 19 and 3,243,826 Patented Apr. 5, 1966 a locator 20 ce-planar therewith. The upper edge of the body 18 includes a horizontal support 21 and which body includes a circular opening 22 in which the angular portion 16 of the rail 14 is received. The outer side of the angular portion 16 is slotted, at 23, and a tab 24 projecting inwardly from the side portion 19 of the bracket 17 slidably engages the slot last referred to.

The bracket 17 illustrated in FIGURES 4 and 5 is identical with the foregoing except the hole 22a is square instead of round to accommodate a rail 14a of square tubing.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGURES 6 through 8 includes hook fittings 25 at the ends of straight tubular rails 26. As best shown in FIGURE 6 the plates 27 of the fittings 25 are relatively wide so that the rails 26 may be connected near the inner edges thereof. Near the end of each rail 26, and on the outer sides thereof, there are vertical flat locators 29 which are extensibly adjustable by means of bolts 30. One end of each bolt 30 is connected with its locator 29 near a lower side thereof and parallel with each bolt 30 there is a guide pin 31. The bolts 30, pins 31 and locators 29 comprise brackets, not numbered. T he bolts 30 and pins 31 are received in horizontal line drilled openings 32 and 33 in the rails 26, and nuts 34 on the threaded inner ends of the bolts provide for adjustment of the locators 29 to locate and prevent lateral displacement of the box spring 35 which rests on rails 26.

In the first described form of the invention it will be apparent that slidable movement of the brackets 17 on the angular portions 16 of the rails 14 will readily adjust the locators 20 to the sides of the box spring 13. In the last described form of the invention this adjustment is accomplished by slidably moving the locator 29 outwardly and limiting suc-h outward movement by the location of the nuts 34. In both forms of the invention the box spring 13 or 35 extends over the rails 14, 14a or 26.

The invention is not limited to the exemplary constructions herein shown and described, but may be made in various Ways within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

Means supporting box springs between the headboard and the footboard of a bed, said means being comprised of substantially parallel side rails having angular end portions adapted to be connected with the corners of the headboard and footboard of said bed, said angular end portions being disposed in a horizontal plane and arranged so that the primary lengths of said rails are inwardly of the corners of the head and foot boards, brackets slidably mounted on said angular end portions, and an upstanding locator on the outer side of each said bracket.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 583,164 5/1897 Bailey 5-286 X 798,535 8/1905 Sim-ms 513'l X 933,810 9/1909 Wokurka 5132 X 1,607,904 1 1/ 1926 Matthews 5-205 1,851,282 3/1932 Jacobs 5286 X 3,066,319 12/1962 Sands 5184 X FOREIGN PATENTS 80,721 3/1956 Denmark. 424,402 2/1935 Great Britain.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner. R. D. KRAUS, Assistant Examiner. 

